Data Center Frontier
Summary
This week Microsoft outlined a vision to run its Azure “planetary computer” and its 4 million servers using entirely zero-carbon sources, including hourly matching of renewable energy. Microsoft says it will work with utilities and industry partners to “lay the groundwork for a decarbonized grid.” The company also outlined plans to deploy “circular centers” to boost the recycling and reuse of IT components and create zero-waste data center campuses.
“By 2030 Microsoft will have 100 percent of our electricity consumption, 100 percent of the time, matched by zero carbon energy purchases,” Microsoft said in a blog post by Chief Environmental Officer Lucas Joppa and Noelle Walsh, CVP for Cloud Operations + Innovation. We know that our actions alone won’t decarbonize the grid, but we are committed to doing our part to help drive important market demand signals that influence the speed and scale at which the grid decarbonizes.”
Microsoft began its implementation of zero-carbon strategies last year with a new campus in Sweden that will be the company’s most advanced and sustainable to date by integrating renewable energy sources, and a new data center design. This week Microsoft outlined several steps to advance granular tracking of its energy use.
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